{"product_id":"9781838859077-son-of-nobody","title":"Son of Nobody","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the phenomenon \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e, this fabulous novel connects the lives of a foot soldier in the Trojan War with a scholar struggling to make sense of his life in modern-day Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE READS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2026 - \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 FICTION HIGHLIGHTS - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT TO READ IN 2026 - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKS YOU NEED TO READ IN 2026 - BBC Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE MOST HYPED BOOKS WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ IN 2026 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eElle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe past is never done with: always the song continues \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it. Though it means leaving his daughter and fracturing marriage back home in Canada, this is the kind of career break he desperately needs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In the depths of the Bodleian Library, Harlow discovers a lost account of the Trojan War, a glimpse into the founding of Western civilization itself. He names the epic poem \u003ci\u003eThe Psoad\u003c\/i\u003e, after its protagonist, a Greek commoner identified as Psoas of Midea but known to all as 'son of nobody'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  As sole translator and interpreter of the Psoad, Harlow dedicates the poem and its modern footnotes to his daughter, Helen. Under his gaze, the text unlocks echoes of Ancient Greece into the present day, and a personal message to his beloved child appears. Despite the three-thousand-year gap between the two, a thread hasn't frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of ambition and grief. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In this masterpiece of myth and history, \u003ci\u003eSon of Nobody\u003c\/i\u003e explores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them and how we live - then, now and always.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57553340006774,"sku":"9781838859077","price":15.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40566279_95f5782f-e17f-427d-8951-37fc15b2f379.jpg?v=1775079694","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838859077-son-of-nobody","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}